Jaibir Singh Sethi
Jaibir joins Marcellus from Premji Invest, India’s largest family office by assets under management
Jaibir joins Marcellus from Premji Invest, India’s largest family office by assets under management, where he spent 9 years as a member of the team that managed ~US$3bn in listed equities with the last 3 years being spent as head of research. Prior to that, Jaibir worked for CLSA and Clear Capital in research roles. Over a career spanning 16 years in equities, he has tracked multiple sectors, including consumer, retail, autos, hotels and airlines.
Qualification: Jaibir is CFA charter holder with a B.Com (Hons) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, and a Post-graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore.
Articles by team Marcellus
Indian Banks Don’t Need More Regulation, They Need More Leverage
Indian banks are often criticized for maintaining higher net interest margins (NIMs) compared to their global peers. However, despite higher NIMs, Indian banks’ average RoE of 6.9% over the past decade lags the average RoE of G7 countries’ banks of 9.2%. More importantly, Indian banks have one of the lowest excess return (RoE less 10-year […]
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Portfolio performance and update on fundamentals - June 2025
Global Compounders Portfolio (GCP): June was a constructive month for the portfolio and the broader index. However, the portfolio underperformed the index by approximately 190 bps, as markets were led higher by a sharp rebound in a handful of large-cap semiconductor names—despite elevated valuations. In contrast, our more defensive holdings, including Waste Connections, Berkshire Hathaway, […]
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The Final Commandment: Nurture the next Generation
Summary: Build a business which has multiple generations embedded in it. Train the next gen to be leaders, to understand the time value of money, to bring a disruptive point of view & fresh talent into the business. [To find out what the Ten Commandments of Indian Entrepreneurship are, please click here: https://marcellus.in/blogs/the-ten-commandments-of-entrepreneurship-in-india/] “The third and […]
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